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==Origin==
==Origin==
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''bōc''; akin to Old High German ''buoh'' book, Gothic ''boka'' letter
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''bōc''; akin to Old High German ''buoh'' book, Gothic ''boka'' letter
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
The word comes from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English Old English] "bōc" which (itself) comes from the Germanic root "*bōk-", cognate to beech. Similarly, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languages Slavic languages] (for example, Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) "буква" (bukva—"letter") is cognate with "beech". In Russian and in Serbian and Macedonian, another Slavic languages, the words "букварь" (bukvar') and "буквар" (bukvar), respectively, refer specifically to a primary school [[textbook]] that helps young children master the [[techniques]] of [[reading]] and [[writing]]. It is thus [[conjectured]] that the earliest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages Indo-European] writings may have been carved on beech wood. Similarly, the Latin word codex, [[meaning]] a book in the modern sense (bound and with separate leaves), originally meant "block of wood".
The word comes from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English Old English] "bōc" which (itself) comes from the Germanic root "*bōk-", cognate to beech. Similarly, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_languages Slavic languages] (for example, Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) "буква" (bukva—"letter") is cognate with "beech". In Russian and in Serbian and Macedonian, another Slavic languages, the words "букварь" (bukvar') and "буквар" (bukvar), respectively, refer specifically to a primary school [[textbook]] that helps young children master the [[techniques]] of [[reading]] and [[writing]]. It is thus [[conjectured]] that the earliest [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages Indo-European] writings may have been carved on beech wood. Similarly, the Latin word codex, [[meaning]] a book in the modern sense (bound and with separate leaves), originally meant "block of wood".
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1: a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers: a book of selected [[poems]] | a book on cats | [ as modifier ] : a book report.
*1: a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers: a book of selected [[poems]] | a book on cats | [ as modifier ] : a book report.
:c. a bookmaker's record of bets accepted and [[money]] paid out.
:c. a bookmaker's record of bets accepted and [[money]] paid out.
*3:a. a set of tickets, stamps, matches, checks, samples of cloth, etc., bound together: a [[pattern]] book | a book of matches.
*3:a. a set of tickets, stamps, matches, checks, samples of cloth, etc., bound together: a [[pattern]] book | a book of matches.
:b. (the book) the first six tricks taken by the declarer in a hand of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge bridge].
:b. (the book) the first six tricks taken by the declarer in a hand of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge bridge].
==Description==
==Description==
A '''book''' is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, [[paper]], parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to [[hinge]] at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A set of [[text]]-filled or [[illustrated]] pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book, or e-book.
A '''book''' is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, [[paper]], parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to [[hinge]] at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A set of [[text]]-filled or [[illustrated]] pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book, or e-book.
Books may also refer to works of [[literature]], or a main division of such a work. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_and_information_science library and information science], a book is called a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monograph monograph], to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, [[journals]] or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature. In [[novels]] and sometimes other types of books (for example, biographies), a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, and so on). An avid reader of books is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliophilia bibliophile] or colloquially, bookworm.
Books may also refer to works of [[literature]], or a main division of such a work. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_and_information_science library and information science], a book is called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monograph monograph], to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, [[journals]] or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature. In [[novels]] and sometimes other types of books (for example, biographies), a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, and so on). An avid reader of books is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliophilia bibliophile] or colloquially, bookworm.
A shop where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookselling books are bought and sold] is a bookshop or bookstore. Books can also be borrowed from libraries. Google has estimated that as of 2010, approximately 130,000,000 unique titles had been published.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book]
A shop where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookselling books are bought and sold] is a bookshop or bookstore. Books can also be borrowed from libraries. Google has estimated that as of 2010, approximately 130,000,000 unique titles had been published.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book]
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